Jim Grimm

Jim Grimm

PE, LEED AP

Principal

Main office location Portland, OR

Year started in industry 1982

Year started at Säzän 2023

Project types/specialty

Design-Build, Healthcare, Municipal

Jim leads our Portland, OR office. He has 40+ years of experience in engineering, construction management, and project management. His complex experience comprises 350+ healthcare projects in the Pacific Northwest, and design-build projects across Oregon and along the Pacific and Mariana Islands. His design-build experience includes military and government work, healthcare facilities and labs, hospitality, and high- and low-rise residential projects. Jim routinely offers unprecedented levels of detail to each project he works on allowing him to provide innovative solutions to complex design issues.

Jim oversees Säzän Group's QA/QC program and develops graphic and technical standards documentation.

Mountains, coast, or desert?
Coast
Favorite book?
Anthem by Ann Rand
Cats, dogs, or other?
Barn cats
Best bit of advice you have ever received?
Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Favorite project. Why?
Design and implementation of a tri-generation system delivering 1 Megawatt of power to the resort, meeting all electricity requirements, providing cooling through an absorption chiller, and utilizing waste heat for pool and domestic water heating. This project was my favorite for its technical complexity, and it worked!